Stopper for bottles and other like receptacles.



No. 802,107. PATENTED OCT. 17, 1905. R. MULLER.

STOPPER FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE RBOBPTAGLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.25, 1904.

ROBERT MIILLER, MUNICH, GERMANY.

STOPPER FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed March 25, 1904. Serial No. 200,051.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT MULLER,a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of Munich, Germany, have invented a certain new and Improved Stopper for Bottles and other Like Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for closing bottles, jars, and like receptacles in which a threaded cap to be screwed in place is pivoted in such a manner to the neck of the receptacle that it remains constantly attached and has not to be separated therefrom when it is being unscrewed in order to open the receptacle and in which the cap can be easily replaced when required by another one.

In the annexed drawings, which form a part of this application, Figure 1 is a view, partly in section and partly in elevation, of a bottle furnished with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the cap unscrewed and raised. Fig. 3 is a side view, the cap being shown by dotted lines turned to one side.

As seen from the drawings, the connection of the cap a to the bottle 6 is obtained by means of a yoke 00f metal wire, bent as shown and attached to the bottleneck so as to pivot with the cap around a horizontal axis formed by bending the ends of said wire inwardly to contact with the bottle-neck at opposite sides thereof.

In order to screw the cap on the mouth of the bottle, as well as to unscrew it therefrom and lower it, as in Fig. 3, it is necessary that nothwithstanding the pivoted yoke 0, with which it is provided, it can be adjusted upwardly and downwardly the required distance. This can be accomplished in different ways. In the form shown in the drawings-the internally-screw-threaded cap a has been formed with an annular groove d, which the annular portion of the pivoted yoke 0 embraces, so as to permit the free rotation of the cap. and an effective attachment between the latter and the said yoke. To allow the cap the vertical movement necessary during the screwing and unscrewing, the end portions of the yoke 0 are bent inwardly, forming pivots which slide in vertical grooves or recesses 6, arranged in the neck of the bottle and the length whereof is such that the cap without being separated from the bottle can be raised and lowered in a vertical direction the distance required for opening and closing the bottle, Figs. 1 and 2.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y 1. A closure for bottles having threaded necks, consisting of a cap having a threaded engagement with the bottle-neck and formed with an annular groove, a yoke having a portion engaging said annular groove and adapted to permit said cap to rotate freely, said yoke pivotally and slidably mounted on the neck of said bottle.

2. A closure for bottles, consisting of a cap adapted to rotate and to be vertically adjusted over the mouth of the bottle, a yoke surrounding said cap and adapted to permit the cap to rotate freely, said yoke pivotally, slidably and non-rotatably mounted on the neck of said bottle.

3. In combination with a bottle having vertical elongated recesses formed in opposite sides of its neck, a cap adapted to fit over the mouth of the bottle and having an annular seat formed thereon, a yoke having a portion engaging said annular seat and having other portions engaging said recesses.

A. In combination with a bottle having an exteriorly threaded neck and with vertical elongated recesses formed in opposite sides of said neck, a cap having threads adapted to engage the threaded portion of said bottle, a yoke consisting of a single piece of wire bent to surround the threaded portion of the cap and havingits ends engaging the recessed portions of the bottle-neck.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT MULLER.

Witnesses:

ULYSSES BYWATER, ABRAHAM SoHLEsINeER. 

